Carpenters&#39; aprons



Jan 26, 1960 J. s. KRAWCZYK CARPENTERS APRONS 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed 001;. 7. 1957 I INVENTOR. Izseph 5. Kmwczyk 644, 7m!

ATTOEMSYS Jan. 26, 1960 J. s. KRAWCZYK 2,922,155

CARPENTERS APRONS Filed Oct. 7. 1957 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 IN V EN TOR. Joseph 5. Krumczyk dawn 771d ATTOENE Y5 Unite rates ate The present invention relates to improvements in workmens aprons.

It is well known that carpenters are many times required to work over a large area and often in hard to reach spots. Not having a work bench where tools and nails are readily available, carpenters have in the past adopted the use of aprons for carrying nails and often wear overalls in which they can carry various essential tools.

Small tools may be easily carried in this manner, however, the carpenters indispensable hammer has always posed a special problem. One approach to this problem has been the provision of a loop on overalls which receives the handle of the hammer. The use of such a loop is none too popular because it is unhandy to insert and withdraw the hammer therefrom and be cause the hammer rubs against the person in a disturbing manner when carried in such a loop.

The most widespread practice has thus been for carpenters to carry their hammers about, in hand, from place to place as they work. Oftentimes the hammer is misplaced and much time is needlessly lost as the workman looks around the last place he can remember using it. Further, the loose hammer is also a hazard in that the least bit of carelessness can result in scratching and scarring of expensive finished pieces.

While the above discussion deals with problems encountered by carpenters, it will, of course, be appreciated that the same or similar problems are encountered by electricians who also use hammers and other workmen who use relatively large hand tools.

The object of this invention is to provide an improved workmans apron which makes provision for carrying essential tools, nails, screws and the like, which overcomes previous factors which have prevented any general acceptance of the advantages of carrying such articles, and particularly large hand tools, on the person.

One feature of the invention involves an apron construction comprising a waistband portion from which depends a pocketed portion at the front of the wearer and a second and separate pocketed portion depending from the waistband and at the rear of the wearer. The front pocketed portion may be divided into compartments for carrying nails and screws, and the rear pocketed portion may also be divided into compartments, with one compartment being of sufficient size to receive the head of an ordinary claw hammer or like hand tool.

The above and other related objects and features of the invention will be apparent from a reading of the following description of the disclosure found in the accompanying drawings and the particular novelty thereof pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved apron;

Fig. 2 is a side view of a workman wearing the apron seeninFig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of an alternate embodiment of my improved apron; and

- the manner in which they are compartmented.

but a fabric such ascanvas or denim has so far proven to be most practical. As one manner of fabricating this apron, a piece of fabric may be folded upwardly and stitched along its side edges, at 16, to form the pocketed portion 12. This pocketed portion 12 may be stitched as at 18 to form separate compartments 20, 22. A second piece of fabric may be folded up and stitched as at 24 to form the pocketed portion 14. The portion 14 may be stitched as at 26 and 28 to form compartments 30, 32 and 34 for purposes which will further appear.

It will be seen that the two pieces of fabric are then stitched together at their waistband areas at 36 and preferably reenforced by cross stitching at 37. The two pocketed portions 12 and 14, however, are completely independent and free to separate in a manner which will accommodate a wearers' movements.

A belt or strap 38'extends from one end of the waist-v band portion 10, while a .button 40 is provided at the other end of the waistband portion. A hook or buttonhole may be provided at the outer end of the belt 38 (not shown) to cooperate with the button 40 in securing this apron on a wearer.

The view of this apron seen in Fig. 4 is somewhat simplified in that the hems, which are conventionally used in fabric construction, are not shown. This figure is intended primarily to illustrate the pocketed portions and It will be seen that the front flaps thereof are loose and openmouthed to facilitate the removal and insertion of articles. The two piece construction of this article can also be seen in Fig. 4.

The alternate embodiment seen in Fig. 3 is identical in all respects to the apron already described insofar as the pocketed portions 12, 1-4 are concerned and like portions are identified by like reference characters. The primary difference is that the fabric forming the pocketed portion 12, extends upwardly from the waistband portion 10 to provide a protective bib 42. A loop 44 is secured to the upper end of the bib 42 to encircle the neck of the wearer.

Referring to Fig. 2, the advantageous use of this apron is demonstrated by the manner in which it would be utilized by a carpenter. The waistband portion 10 is secured at the mid-section of the wearer by means of the strap 38 or by any other appropriate means. The compartments 20, 22 are usually filled with a plurality of small items such as nails or screws. The compartment 34 is proportioned to receive a pencil while the compartment 32 is suited to receive a folding ruler. Most im portant though, is that the compartment 30 is of a size suflicient to receive the head of a relatively large hand tool, in this case the illustrated claw hammer.

The disposition of the hammer towards the rear of the workman has been found most desirable, particularly in the disclosed apron environment. Since the two pocketed portions 12 and 14 are separate, these portions are free to follow the body movements of the wearer as he is Walking (Fig. 2) or bending over. Also, in the case of most hammers, the handle is made of wood and with the compartment 30 being large enough to receive the entire metal head, possibility of damage when the hammer is thus carried is greatly minimized. Other beneficial results of this construction include the fact that the pocketed portion 14 is suspended solely from the waistband portion 10 and is not otherwise restrained. Thus with the hammer in the compartment 30 the wearer Patented Jan. 26, 1960p The wide opentmouth of the compartment 30 is of sig-- nificance in that the hammer maybe readily inserted and.

removed. A further feature of this apron is the fact that it is detachable and can be removed at the end of a days work with the essential carpenters tools in instant readiness when it is put on the next day.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as novel and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is: a

A workers apron formed of two generally rectangular pieces of cloth, each piece of cloth being folded upon 'it self along a longitudinal line below the center line'thereof and parallel to the top edge to forma waistband portion and a pocket forming portion therebeneath, each pocket forming portion being stitched together along its opposite side edges thus forming a pocket beneath said waistband portion, the pocket forming portions of each of said pieces being stitched together along lines generally parallel to their side edges to separate the pockets into upwardly open compartments, a marginal edge portion of each of said waistband portions being overlapped and the two pieces of cloth joined together in the waistband portions by stitching which extends from the top of the pieces and terminates adjacent the upper edges of the pockets,

the pocket forming portions of the pieces being free from one another below the said stitching, one of said pieces having a length substantially greater than the length of the other piece and the combined lengths of the pieces equalling three-fourths the girth of a Worker, said one waistband portion being adaptedto span the front of a worker and the waistband portion of the other piece being References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 387,575 Brooke Aug. 7, 1888 1,543,584 Menke June 23, 1925 2,066,072 'Powell Dec. 29, 1936 2,592,087 Wallace Apr. 8, 1952 2,617,103 Westgarth Nov. 11, 1952 Lackey Mar. 19, 1957 

